Floods in Thailand have killed more than 200 people, destroyed farmland, and forced thousands to evacuate low-lying areas near rivers. Surging waters are now threatening a United Nations World Heritage site in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, which officials worry could suffer permanent damage.
Flooding in Ayutthaya, Thailand
A woman paddles though her flooded neighborhood, Oct. 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A flooded home along the river, Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A woman looks at flooded Ayutthaya businesses, October 6 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Man bikes on a flooded road in Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011 (VOA - D. Schearf)
A retaining Wall becomes a walkway after floods hit an Ayutthaya neighborhood, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Trying to hold back the floodwaters at a 7/11 convenience store in Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A food and water relief tent in a flooded Ayutthaya neighborhood, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Ayutthaya residents float belongings out of a flooded neighborhood, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Boys cross a walkway in a flooded neighborhood, Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A family evacuates their flooded neighborhood by boat, Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A couple evacuates their flooded neighborhood, Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Residents of a flooded Ayutthaya neighborhood, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A woman floats through water in front of her flooded house, Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA- D. Schearf)
A family boating out of their flooded neighborhood, Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A family gets ready to evacuate by boat, Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A man floats valuables out of his flooded Ayutthaya neighborhood, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
Men transport a motorcycle in a boat past the flooded Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
The flooded centuries-old UNESCO World Heritage Site along the river, Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A man evacuates his family by boat from Ayutthaya, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)
A woman paddles through an Ayutthaya neighborhood, Oct. 6, 2011. (VOA - D.Schearf)
A man tries to float valuables out of his flooded neighborhood, Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2011. (VOA - D. Schearf)